Rospotrebnadzor Made a Statement on the Illness of an Employee of the Plague Institute in Irkutsk

According to the Russian TASS news agency, in the statement made by the Russian Human Health and Consumer Rights Protection Service (Rospotrebnadzor), it was stated that special measures were implemented after an employee of the Siberian and Far East Irkutsk Plague Fighting Institute fell ill.

It was stated in the statement that the employee was diagnosed with "pneumonia of unknown origin" and that, as a result of comprehensive examinations, no microorganisms related to his professional activity were found in the samples taken from the patient.

"The sanitary and epidemiological situation in the Irkutsk region and the cities of Irkutsk and Shelekhov is stable," the statement said. The statement was included.

Irkutsk Regional Governor Igor Kobzev announced on October 2 that an extraordinary sanitary and anti-epidemic commission meeting was held upon information that a person living in the region had "a suspicion of a particularly dangerous infection."

Some social media channels claimed that an employee of the anti-plague institute died due to "pulmonary plague" on the same day.